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Natalie Nagata PHYS 305, Sp 12 Prof. Varner Lab 04: Numerical Integration and Root Finding Introduction The standard normal distribution is a relevant concept in statistics and that is highly applicable to both statistics and physics, and is easily distinguished by its recognizable flared, bell-curved shape. Fig. 1: A plot of a normal distribution It is a distribution that is described by the probability density function (1) with a mean and variance . [2] Thus, for a given measurement x, the probability that it will fall between the interval [x , x ] is given by 1 2 (2) Theory We want to show that the probability of a given falling within the domain is 100%. Therefore, (3) must equal 1. By completing a u-substitution for Eqn. (3), where and , and by setting the resulting equation to some variable I, we see that we have